“Congrats Mohd. ANAS for breaking his own 400m #Indian record in #Czech Rep. New Record-45.24s, Previous Best-45.31s Congrats coach Galina Bukharina for success of #HimaDas and #Anas!,” the AFI wrote on Twitter.

No runner from India since last 60 years has managed to reach the final stage of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast and Anas was the first athlete to reach the finals and registered a national record.

Watch him run his way to history.

Muhammad Anas of India set new Indian Record in men 400m with a timing of 45.24s in the VELKÁ CENA NOVÉHO MĚSTA NAD METUJÍ at Nové Město nad Metují (21. 7. 2018)@afiindiapic.twitter.com/PgbBo3ThwM

Anas had broken the national record earlier as well when he clocked 45.40 seconds at the Polish Athletics Championship in June 2016. That performance saw the Kerala athlete become the third Indian after the legendary Milkha Singh and K.M. Binu to qualify for the Olympics in the men’s 400m category.